Version 0.07i News        Date 14/09/2002   BlackRose Updated the Tech News with a whole bunch of stuff. Get smart. Version 0.07i News        29/08/2002   BlackRose I have updated the Tech News with some goodies. Check it out Version 0.07i News        22/08/2002   BlackRose Okies, There has been a little change to the order of things. The web site has changed locations. Nothing dire here, I just  decided to terminate my OzEmail account, and as such, needed to move the site or loose it. Quite simple actually. Other than that, the site will still be the same, so all is cool. What else has been happening? Well, I've been playing a lot of a game demo called BattleField 1942 and let me tell you, THIS GAME R0X0RS!!!!!! What can I say about it........... Well, it's HELLA fun! I'll give you a run down of the game play. Its only a demo, so there is only one map you can play, its a small island in the shape of a U. On this island are 5 flags. Each flag represents a spawn point. Who ever controls the flags, controls that spawn point. No spawn points, no re-spawning! The Axis have an Aircraft Carrier with planes and a Frigate with landing craft off the coast, the Allies have the Island and all the spawn points. The Axis have to make an invasion and control all flags to win. The Allies have to stop the invasion, and wait till the time/Axis points runs down, which can be sped up by taking out the Carrier and the Frigate, witch are the Axis default spawn points. Okay, picture this; Tanks, jeeps and halftracks everywhere going crazy, running down infantry, blowing each other up, doing suicide runs to try and get a strategic position or recover a flag, jeeps going full speed to ram the tanks in the vain hope that you might take one down, laying down mines and dynamite to try and control the onslaught. Planes circling overhead laying down machinegun fire and dropping bombs, dog fighting with other planes, bombing the crap out of carriers and airfields, removing flack cannons with extreme prejudice. Frigates moving up the coast pumping out some HEAVY smack down on the island, fixed shore artillery laying some back Infantry trying to take out machine gunners on top of tanks and half tracks, snipers having more luck than most, anti tank personal dicing with death by exposing themselves to make sure that their bazooka gets a good hit, fixed machinegun placements and towers spraying out death in all directions, engineers and medics running all over the place and through all types of battles to answer the cries of those in need, "Medic, I need a Medic" "Engineer, I need this flack cannon back up right now!" "Medic, That Anti Tank personnel  needs immediate healing so he can get off his last shot to drop that tank" "Engineer, We need these machine guns back up NOW!" "Medic, Keep this Sniper alive so he can keep those machinegun towers empty" "Engineer, I need this tank fixed NOW so I can get back into battle and push back the armour" "Medic, Keep these infantry alive so that they can drop the men who are manning the machineguns on those tanks and halftracks" "Engineer, I need this shore artillery back up NOW! That frigates' got us zeroed"........ And all this is happening at once! 8^o Not to mention that halfway thought the battle you loose all your spawn points, only to have just one person left...... who manages to take a remote flag to let the whole team re-spawn in that one place to do a huge frontal assault to try and take back the island..... 8^) OHHhhh and there is just SO much more!!! This game defiantly has the goods! The full version wont be out till September 13 in Australia (September 12 in USA) so there is some time to get your skillz up for the full invasion! This game is gonna ROCK at the next CQGL Better start practicing! 8^D Version 0.07i News        18/06/2002   BlackRose Things have been rather quiet on the Clan front. The last CQGL was a quiet afair, with almost no Clan warfare taking place. We seem to have hit the ever phobic "between games" stage, when we're all stale with what we have, and the next big mover and shakers are too far away. Soldier of Fortune II had just been released, and was making a small showing at the LAN, but being a next generation game, to make it run nicely, you need a bit of a donk machine, so it wont be on everyone's computer for a few months at least. 8^( I've played it and it is one sweet game!! I reckon it will take the place of the "should be canned and left to die a quiet death" CS (Counter Strike), and if it does, things can ONLY get better. The short time that I played it in multiplayer, heaps of fun was being had by all players, and it will spawn a new following and I will strive to create a competition for it to help get us back into Clan verse Clan mode, as this has been missing for quite a few months unfortunately. I haven't had a chance to play single player SoF2 yet, as I haven't bought the game, but when I do, I'll post some love up here about it. 8^b Speaking of single player games, Grand Theft Auto III made an appearance as well. Now, I have heard of the series, but never knew anything about it as it was a console game, and, well, I'm a computer geek, so don't get to play with them much. I don't think I can say just how much fun I have been having with this game! This is the only thing that I have been playing since I got it! Every day I run around the city's in search of things to do, jumps to find, people to kill, cars to seal, things to shoot..... Everything about this game is fun! Even the ads on the radio stations are funny and help add to the humorous nature of this car/action game. I always find something new and funny each time I play this baby! Its a little hard on the graphics, which is a pity, as I have to wind down allot of eye candy to get it run nicely (yet again, a next generation game that requires a big machine to run nicely), but if your looking for a game to enjoy and one to help take up some of your extra time, dudes and dudetts, this game is the one to pick up! Check it out! Version 0.07i News        17/05/2002  BlackRose Tech News has been updated!! Check out this SUUUuuuuUWWWEEEETTTT Video card that I found!! Damn, this thing bars me up! Version 0.07i News        13/05/2002  BlackRose Well, time has taken the better of this site. I've been meaning to update this site for ages, but, well, I don't have a valid excuse for not doing so.  8^( I must extend apologies to those faithful people who continue to visit this site, only to be met with the same stale page that has been up for almost a year! Things will change, and I hope to continue to update this site, modify it some more and remake and update the Tech News section with a lot of reviews and handy info. I hope to do a major computer upgrade at the end of this year, and this will have heavy influences over the things that I will put up in the Tech News, but rest assured, it wont be the only controlling factor that affects this section. Thanks for you continued dedication, and enjoy what I'm offering for you. Version 0.07h News        23/06/2001  BlackRose Our rockets fly at half-mast this week with the leaving of Stratos, a valued clan member and good friend. He has left our small little town of Rockhampton for the bigger and more luscious sights of Brisbane. "I ain’t leaving for good," he says as we are blinded by and choke on the dust left by his squealing tyres, "It’s just an extended vacation, with the possibility of me never coming back." So as the dust settles, and the roar of his engine fade into the distance, we are left with an empty feeling and a Clan member down, with the task to find a replacement, and the duty to make them stay. We hope to hear from our new "horary member" in the future, see pictures of him on the web at bigger and better LANs and to hear stories of how he once drunk 49 beers and beat the best clan in Southern Queensland single handily in Counter Strike using only a flash bang, a smoke grenade and two rounds from his pistol. Best of luck for the future Benny boy. Stratos~EC~ January 2001 - June 2001 Version 0.07g News        13/06/2001  BlackRose Greetings all. I'm finaly back from my tour of duty over in 'Nam. Charlie says hia and hopes that you all go over and drop in some time. So whats been happeing while I've been away? Well, I have finally gotten my hands on a photo of Stratos for the Members section so go and see what a GodLike EC member looks like. 8^) I have also created a new section dedicated to our LANs. Its pretty much just an area with photos of us fooling around and doing the things that we usually get up to in the name of EC "training". Version 0.07f News        15/05/2001  BlackRose Goodness, I really should do more updates! Well, I'm a newsy now over at The Hardware Pub now, so that has been taking up some of my time. Been playing with a few mods for Quake III, will put up some reviews. Also, will be updating the Tech News as well. Stay tuned! Version 0.07e News        21/03/2001  BlackRose Well, hasent it been a while between drinks here! Apolgies for the lack of updates, should be remidied soon! On a lighter note, we will be moving house. Yay! I've applied for a site with Ausgamers which will alow us to use cgi and perl so clan members can update the news and the site. The addy will be www.emptychambers.ausgamers.com It hasnt been aproved yet, but as soon as it has been, this site will be updated and you will be informed. Also, dont forget to polish up your skillz for the CQGL Lan this weekend. I'll be hosting up a Rocket Arena III and a Q3:Team Arena server so everybody can have something to play.